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in 2000 al gore basically ran away from bill clinton. now bill clinton may be the linchpin to victory for president obama. then look at the republican convention where no one dared to mention george w. bush's name. is this just politics? >> it's an indication of our recent national history. in the 1990s we created 22 million new jobs under president clinton's presidency. in the first decade of the 21st century, job growth on average was slower than it is now. that was before the collapse. i know most people find that hard to believe. but what happened is the last time we tried this idea, that mitt romney is proposing of slashing regulation and slashing taxes in 2001, it did not create jobs. so this is why you see clinton being embraced. not just because he's a great speaker. and bush being shunned. it's because we have slam dunk historical evidence of whose leadership was better for the economy. >> let's look at the gallup polls that were just released. you see the new numbers there. it's increased now to five percentage points, 49 to 44
in 2000 al gore basically ran away from bill clinton. now bill clinton may be the linchpin to victory for president obama. then look at the republican convention where no one dared to mention george w. bush's name. is this just politics? >> it's an indication of our recent national history. in the 1990s we created 22 million new jobs under president clinton's presidency. in the first decade of the 21st century, job growth on average was slower than it is now. that was before the collapse....
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the wealthiest few americans will go back to income tax rates they were paying under bill clinton. if you remember, that was when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history and millionaires were doing pretty well to boot. >> joining me now, congressional reporter for the "washington post," ed o'keefe and white house correspondent amy parnz. good morning. >> good morning. >> amy, i'll begin with you. as you know, mr. romney, he rarely sits down for these kind of interviews but did five in a row to talk about this bain controversy. how unprecedented is this for him? >> it's pretty unprecedented actually. i've heard grum bling from my friends at the romney campaign covering him complaining he doesn't do much of these an they want to see more of them. like the old political addage when you have to explain you're losing, he felt like he had to explain. that's what the obama campaign wants him to do, they want to take him off message and anything that they can do to prevent him from talking about the down economy, they'll keep doing. >> a lot of
the wealthiest few americans will go back to income tax rates they were paying under bill clinton. if you remember, that was when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history and millionaires were doing pretty well to boot. >> joining me now, congressional reporter for the "washington post," ed o'keefe and white house correspondent amy parnz. good morning. >> good morning. >> amy, i'll begin with you. as you know, mr. romney,...
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. >> also on the list, bill clinton, he made that big old splash in the dnc. why was his presidency such a success? >> i think it was him helping the democratic party. helping ending the motion of the a robust welfare state and really modernizing the democratic party and making it more business friendly. >> is there someone who this yale historian decided was the worst president? >> he did not ran rank the worst president of the last 100 years. >> but president obama made that cut, being the most recent. not only even that. i think he was a path breaking president, you look at health care reform. it it it's. >> okay, thank you so much. >> what it takes to prepare to moderate a presidential debate. former abc news news anchor joins us in the next hour with her experience. and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. there's natural gas under m
. >> also on the list, bill clinton, he made that big old splash in the dnc. why was his presidency such a success? >> i think it was him helping the democratic party. helping ending the motion of the a robust welfare state and really modernizing the democratic party and making it more business friendly. >> is there someone who this yale historian decided was the worst president? >> he did not ran rank the worst president of the last 100 years. >> but president...
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>> for the best week, i gave it to bill clinton. with the global clinton initiative, you had both mitt romney and president obama handing him praises. i don't think we've seen a republican and democrat agreeing on much besides that this week. and for the worst week, it's u.n. ambassador to the united nations, susan ryce. he was either not included in some of these briefings, which would be troublesome, or just thrown under the bus when she went out on the sunday shows, explaining that this was not a planned attack, and we now know it was a terrorist attack in libya. >> do you think anything's going to happen with that, with susan rice? do you think she could potentially lose her job or no? >> i don't think she'll lose her job, but i don't think we'll be seeing her much in the upcoming months. >> molly, best and worst? >> i'll give best week to todd akin, the republican senate candidate out in missouri. the deadline passed this week for him to withdraw from the race. he was under heavy, heavy pressure from so many republicans to get
>> for the best week, i gave it to bill clinton. with the global clinton initiative, you had both mitt romney and president obama handing him praises. i don't think we've seen a republican and democrat agreeing on much besides that this week. and for the worst week, it's u.n. ambassador to the united nations, susan ryce. he was either not included in some of these briefings, which would be troublesome, or just thrown under the bus when she went out on the sunday shows, explaining that...
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bill clinton for his debate especially, he was able to alleviate a lot of doubts. before those debates began, clinton was not a sure thing, by the end of that last debate, he was. >> i think if there's an argument between the two candidates and she has information that will shed light on what she knows to be the truth about the situation, i think that's our obligation as journalists is to tell the public the truth. we're truth tellers, that's what we're supposed to be doing. >> i know there was a lot of debate after the fact about candy crowley's role in that debate. how has the moderator's role evolved over time. >> the candidates a lot more room to basically argue among themselves, for most of the history of debates, as you know, these were very structured things. two minutes for one candidate, one minute to rebut and so on. that's been out the window this fall. >> who do you think the most effective debate moderators have been in the past. >> in 1988 -- the best thing about that is given the limited time, 90 minutes, that really reduces the amount of time that w
bill clinton for his debate especially, he was able to alleviate a lot of doubts. before those debates began, clinton was not a sure thing, by the end of that last debate, he was. >> i think if there's an argument between the two candidates and she has information that will shed light on what she knows to be the truth about the situation, i think that's our obligation as journalists is to tell the public the truth. we're truth tellers, that's what we're supposed to be doing. >> i...
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bill clinton was the last democrat iowa picked up before obama. in the 90s he could be found sharing his home state's common rural roots on campaign stops. this year is no difference here, alex. campaigns have an eye on iowa, a state that's picked seven of the last ten presidents of the united states. >> so that is the common thread between those three we were talking about. richard nixon, ronald reagan, bill clinton. it's all about iowa. thank you for breaking it down. >>> office politics. what if mitt romney gets elected? from chris janzen to chris matthews i'm going to talk to some of my msnbc colleagues about what it could mean right here on "weekends with alex witt." mike rowe here at a ford tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who's offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee... affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of tires? your ford dealer. i'm beginning to sense a pattern. buy four select
bill clinton was the last democrat iowa picked up before obama. in the 90s he could be found sharing his home state's common rural roots on campaign stops. this year is no difference here, alex. campaigns have an eye on iowa, a state that's picked seven of the last ten presidents of the united states. >> so that is the common thread between those three we were talking about. richard nixon, ronald reagan, bill clinton. it's all about iowa. thank you for breaking it down. >>>...
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you could also even go right back to the democratic national convention with former president bill clinton, the way he explained the economy and president obama's case for how he's handling the economy really seems to have had an impact. so i think those are some factors that are really playing into this lead. >> also starting out, ohio does have a lower unemployment rate than the national average. you have to factor that in as well. we know both candidates were campaigning there pretty hard in the buckeye state. let's take a listen to some of what happened. here it is. >> i have spent a lot of time in ohio, and i don't -- i don't meet a lot of victims. i see a lot of hard working ohioans. >> i believe in america and i believe in you. i believe you're going to help me win ohio, i'll tell you that. all right. >> so the president's showing up there a lot, but he also has the better ground game in ohio, right? >> right. well, i mean, he's been in ohio for five years and, you know, i mean, he had a very strong ground game here in '08 and it never really went away. so, i mean, this is something
you could also even go right back to the democratic national convention with former president bill clinton, the way he explained the economy and president obama's case for how he's handling the economy really seems to have had an impact. so i think those are some factors that are really playing into this lead. >> also starting out, ohio does have a lower unemployment rate than the national average. you have to factor that in as well. we know both candidates were campaigning there pretty...
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just like bill clinton overplayed his hand in 1993 and 1994. and elected guys like me. you know, the tea party is really more of the same. the tea party is a combination of what elected means in '94, which is a combination of very conservative republicans, and perot supporters. i spent more time in '93 and '94 going to united we stand meetings, which the perot group which survived ross perot's very shaky campaign, and i knew that sort of the wine and cheese republicans, the establishment republicans, would never vote for me but they also knew that i would get enough of what really was then sort of the tea party contingent. you know, the party plus the independents that supported perot. to put me over the top. and it did. >> can i ask you, you brought up something that this just popped to mind. with your father being who he is in the carter administration, you being a democrat, you've got these two brothers, one of whom works for mitt romney. >> right. >> what in the world is thanksgiving dinner like around your table? >> we've had some bad ones. but we talk about -- >>
just like bill clinton overplayed his hand in 1993 and 1994. and elected guys like me. you know, the tea party is really more of the same. the tea party is a combination of what elected means in '94, which is a combination of very conservative republicans, and perot supporters. i spent more time in '93 and '94 going to united we stand meetings, which the perot group which survived ross perot's very shaky campaign, and i knew that sort of the wine and cheese republicans, the establishment...
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there's always a little bit of a conflict between bill clinton and barack obama, even though bill clinton is fully on the campaign this time around. and it's no surprise that democrats in new york, washington, d.c., philadelphia and new jersey are probably a little bit bigger fans of private equity than a lot of democrats in toledo and some of the industrial midwest states. >> mark murray, nice to see you. thanks so much. >> thanks. >>> in this week's office politics, alex sat down with matt lauer and talked about what he thinks of the iconic jingle "where in the world is matt lauer" and he shared road stories. but she began by asking about one of the most memorable interviews when going face to face with george w. bush. >> i did and interview with president bush on the fifth an verse i of 9/11 that was contentious. the two of us were standing in front of the desk and we started talking about secret interrogation of terror suspects and he got very animated to the point where he was basically jabbing me in the chest. >> you can't expect me and people in this government to do what we need t
there's always a little bit of a conflict between bill clinton and barack obama, even though bill clinton is fully on the campaign this time around. and it's no surprise that democrats in new york, washington, d.c., philadelphia and new jersey are probably a little bit bigger fans of private equity than a lot of democrats in toledo and some of the industrial midwest states. >> mark murray, nice to see you. thanks so much. >> thanks. >>> in this week's office politics, alex...
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clinton. which i did not. but people said it. and that got out there. >> right. well, for the record i like you, carole simpson. and i'm awfully glad you're coming on our show with more frequency. thank you so much. >> thank you. have a good saturday. >> and you. >>> and we remind you that our coverage of monday night's third and final debate begins at 8:00 eastern right here on msnbc. >>> now it's time for a preview of what's coming up next with msnbc live. we have richard louis there. >> love her voice. we're seeing more focus on the particular blue state that could very well go red. we dig into this new strategy in pennsylvania. we also ask why north carolina may lose some attention. plus is it time to revamp presidential debates? and we've got the debate topic that hasn't come up, climate change. bill nye the science guy talks about what's hype and what's right. we go live to the campaign trail, too. busy day. >> it is. we'll be tuning in thanks so much, richard. >>> cominging up next key
clinton. which i did not. but people said it. and that got out there. >> right. well, for the record i like you, carole simpson. and i'm awfully glad you're coming on our show with more frequency. thank you so much. >> thank you. have a good saturday. >> and you. >>> and we remind you that our coverage of monday night's third and final debate begins at 8:00 eastern right here on msnbc. >>> now it's time for a preview of what's coming up next with msnbc live....
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clinton appoint he said no, no. the state didn't continue to look for non-citizen voters. i think when the federal government lost that important round in court, they decided to throw in the owl and let the state have that. >> what if they find there are thousands of non-citizens on the vo voter polls? what does that do in terms of going to law enforcement matter in immigration? >> absolutely. i don't know if that will happen. they find -- i think that -- you can expect the governor here and the republican leadership to say even if they find one noncitizen on this role they made hair point. if you find a lot of them, it is up to a local prosecutor to charge someone with a third degree felony. it is a crime to state on a voter registration application that you are a u.s. citizen when you are not a u.s. citizen. that's a serious crime. >> it is an interest conversation from the tampa bay times herald. thank you, steve. i appreciate. >> it okay, thanks. >>> in today's office politics, i talked with melissa harris-perry
clinton appoint he said no, no. the state didn't continue to look for non-citizen voters. i think when the federal government lost that important round in court, they decided to throw in the owl and let the state have that. >> what if they find there are thousands of non-citizens on the vo voter polls? what does that do in terms of going to law enforcement matter in immigration? >> absolutely. i don't know if that will happen. they find -- i think that -- you can expect the governor...
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a guy named bill clinton tried it, and we created 23 million new jobs. and we had surpluses instead of deficits. and, by the way, rich people did just fine back then. here's the thing i think the other side doesn't understand. when working people do well, everybody does well. that means businesses have more customers. that is how we grow an economy. not by everybody just looking fourt themselv out for themselves but by all of us coming together and working hard. whether it's bringing manufacturing back, putting construction workers back to work, protecting health care, making sure our kids get the best education, caring for our veterans. you know, all these things that make up a middle class life, they all tie together. they're all central to that idea that if you work hard you can get ahead. that's the promise that our parents and our grand winterpard our great-grandparents made to future generations. some of them came here as immigrants. some came here not wanting to come. but when they got here all of us, whether they were working on farms or whether
a guy named bill clinton tried it, and we created 23 million new jobs. and we had surpluses instead of deficits. and, by the way, rich people did just fine back then. here's the thing i think the other side doesn't understand. when working people do well, everybody does well. that means businesses have more customers. that is how we grow an economy. not by everybody just looking fourt themselv out for themselves but by all of us coming together and working hard. whether it's bringing...
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democratic strategists i talk to say forget the blow-back from corey booker and bill clinton, bill clinton who would have been doing same kind of advertising this he been on the ballot in this election. they want to pound the message. they think it will work in places like pennsylvania and other battleground states. but i wouldn't expect that president obama and president clinton to have a meeting of the minds on that tomorrow. >> john harwood, i think you're right, as always, appreciate it. >>> number two on our first five web stories, word that osama bin laden pretty much spent all of his wealth on financing terror. it comes from his al qaeda successor. ayman al zawahiri claims that osama bin laden spent $50,000 in 1998 when he had just $50,000 to his name. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, a
democratic strategists i talk to say forget the blow-back from corey booker and bill clinton, bill clinton who would have been doing same kind of advertising this he been on the ballot in this election. they want to pound the message. they think it will work in places like pennsylvania and other battleground states. but i wouldn't expect that president obama and president clinton to have a meeting of the minds on that tomorrow. >> john harwood, i think you're right, as always, appreciate...
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. >> bill clinton announced the era of big government was over. president obama tucked away the clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas. it's enough to make you wonder if it was a personal beef with the clintons, but probably that runs much deeper than that. >> david, president obama praising president reagan. mitt romney praising president clinton. is this a tactic that will work? >> it's always stocker when you can go hey, look, the other party has done it. now you're criticizing me for doing it or proposing to do it. that's hypocrisy. i think the romney argument is fascinating. that is a direct play for the clinton coalition, the more rural, working class, white voters that obama is struggling with and that he's struggled with in the primary campaign against hillary clinton. i think the romney campaign is cognizant of that. i think that's why he's making a direct pitch to those voters. there's always a risk in this. bill clinton is out in front, obviously will be campaigning and fund-raising for president obama. i think it's a p
. >> bill clinton announced the era of big government was over. president obama tucked away the clinton doctrine in his large drawer of discarded ideas. it's enough to make you wonder if it was a personal beef with the clintons, but probably that runs much deeper than that. >> david, president obama praising president reagan. mitt romney praising president clinton. is this a tactic that will work? >> it's always stocker when you can go hey, look, the other party has done it....
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when bill clinton survived and became popular again, he begged bill clinton to do fundraisers for him. wuss. democrats who won't tell the truth, the seniors we do have to reform entitlement programs if we're going to get out of this debt that faces us. wusses. that little guy grove norquist, that wizard behind the curtain, wusses. >> robert, your reaction to that? do you believe we're a nation of wusses? do you want to take on any examples the governor cited? >> according to webster's, the definition of a wuss is someone who is weak. if you say we're a nation of wusses, i don't agree with that, i think we're united and optimist optimistic. when it comes to people who don't have a backbone, when it comes to people who do not have the kind of fortitude like a ted kennedy or rick santorum, someone who actually stands up for what they believe in, i agree with the governor that there are a lot of elected officials that quite frankly do not have a leg to stand on but that's very, very different from the constituency out there. >> alex didn't read the subtitle of the book. the subtitle is ab
when bill clinton survived and became popular again, he begged bill clinton to do fundraisers for him. wuss. democrats who won't tell the truth, the seniors we do have to reform entitlement programs if we're going to get out of this debt that faces us. wusses. that little guy grove norquist, that wizard behind the curtain, wusses. >> robert, your reaction to that? do you believe we're a nation of wusses? do you want to take on any examples the governor cited? >> according to...
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as bill clinton said, the math does not add up. unless you specify the deductions that you want to get rid of or the ones that we need to reduce, they are the ones that are massively unpopular. >> governor, what i think lindsay graham was saying is that the reductions and deductions would be on the higher income earners. you wouldn't tell somebody who is in the middle class that they can no longer take their mortgage deduction. >> no, i understand that. but the math, as bill clinton says, when you do just that, it doesn't added a up. >> we have to have rates -- >> we have to have -- anyone who is really serious and has looked at it knows that it doesn't added a up. tell us the deductions that you're talking about. that was mitt romney's biggest problem. and then i think it's also important to note that we've got to do something about military spending. we spend more than the top 20 nations in the world put together. it's ridiculous how much we spend. we've got to trim the military budget and, yes, we have to do entitlement reform.
as bill clinton said, the math does not add up. unless you specify the deductions that you want to get rid of or the ones that we need to reduce, they are the ones that are massively unpopular. >> governor, what i think lindsay graham was saying is that the reductions and deductions would be on the higher income earners. you wouldn't tell somebody who is in the middle class that they can no longer take their mortgage deduction. >> no, i understand that. but the math, as bill clinton...
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and -- you know, i never thought i would see a president more polarizing than bill clinton. then george w. bush came along and i really never thought that i would see a more polarizing president than george w. bush. the fact is barack obama's presidency has in this period more polarized time. you think it is -- a huge problem for the country in terms of its ability to address the really big challenges the country faces. it is very hard to do when there is that degree in animosity between the parties in that common ground. >> other than having the gop bring forth a -- rock star candidate at some point, if that happens, you have written about the four things that could potentially derail a barack obama re-election. where do we stand on that 1234 what do you think his re-election challenges are right now? >> first of all, i think it is a close election. i don't think there is anybody on the democratic side you talked to the president's strategist in the re-election committee. they assume it will be a close race. >> they should not get cocky. >> he made a lot of progress. if the
and -- you know, i never thought i would see a president more polarizing than bill clinton. then george w. bush came along and i really never thought that i would see a more polarizing president than george w. bush. the fact is barack obama's presidency has in this period more polarized time. you think it is -- a huge problem for the country in terms of its ability to address the really big challenges the country faces. it is very hard to do when there is that degree in animosity between the...
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people like bill clinton also selected al gore as his running mate. i don't think that mitt romney can not be selecting someone white house foreign policy experience and be taken seriously. >> george h.w. bush, ambassador to china, guys. >> i'm sorry? >> at the end of the day, these presidents are known for their decisions, not their vice presidents' decisions. >> and as is the case with barack obama. i think that's the reason he's highlighting the osama bin laden success, pushing out gadhafi from libya, helping to foment the arab spring and ending the war in iraq. >> keith, do you think it's ever dangerous in terms of kickback for any politician to score political points on the backs of military accomplishments? >> i think there's some danger if it goes too far. that was the big concern in 2004 when george bush tried to use 9/11 as a political weapon. but i think it's perfectfly defensible. but president obama's the one who gave the order to take out osama bin laden. he should not run away from that. >> chip, there are those who suggest that a lot of
people like bill clinton also selected al gore as his running mate. i don't think that mitt romney can not be selecting someone white house foreign policy experience and be taken seriously. >> george h.w. bush, ambassador to china, guys. >> i'm sorry? >> at the end of the day, these presidents are known for their decisions, not their vice presidents' decisions. >> and as is the case with barack obama. i think that's the reason he's highlighting the osama bin laden...
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. >> they did it during bill clinton. >> that was a couple decades ago. >> lyndon johnson was president. it can be done. both parties are guilty. the democrats spend more money without raising taxes. you can't do those things. this is a balance sheet deal. this is not a democratic versus republican issue. the difference between the parties is how much taxes and how many cuts. you need both. we are going to be in for some rough economic times, but it's going to be two quarters. that's what's going to have to happen. i don't think the compromises will be made that need to be made. let me say something about sbiesbie entitlements. we can get $400 billion out of medicare by doing one thing. and that's simply pay doctors and hospitals by the number of patients, not by the number of procedures they do. that's a simple thing to do. we need to pay by the patient, not by the procedure. you're going to have control over cost. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. appreciate your time. >>> in today's office politics, my conversation with "the today show" and willie geist. we talked about the incredible
. >> they did it during bill clinton. >> that was a couple decades ago. >> lyndon johnson was president. it can be done. both parties are guilty. the democrats spend more money without raising taxes. you can't do those things. this is a balance sheet deal. this is not a democratic versus republican issue. the difference between the parties is how much taxes and how many cuts. you need both. we are going to be in for some rough economic times, but it's going to be two quarters....
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example, bill clinton, 25.3 million jobs in six years after he did just that. we've got to be honest with the american people. and i agree with chip. if we want to protect the small business, the guy who has four or five employees and maybe would like to hire two or three more, we can carve them out of the buffett rule. we can carve businesses out. but there's no reason to carve out individuals who make $1 million or more from the buffett rule. >> governor and chip, thank you so much. it probably won't pass. but it was a good discussion on the major issues that surround it at the moment. appreciate both of your time. tomorrow on "meet the press," david gregory will talking about to treasury secretary tim geithner. they'll talking about the economic recovery and what needs to be done to speed up hiring across america. >>> new york governor andrew cuomo, he tops "the washington post's" list of the nation's most popular governors. in a poll this week, his approval rating was an astounding 73%. his new jersey neighbor governor, chris christie comes in number two an
example, bill clinton, 25.3 million jobs in six years after he did just that. we've got to be honest with the american people. and i agree with chip. if we want to protect the small business, the guy who has four or five employees and maybe would like to hire two or three more, we can carve them out of the buffett rule. we can carve businesses out. but there's no reason to carve out individuals who make $1 million or more from the buffett rule. >> governor and chip, thank you so much. it...
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bill clinton saying he took the harder path. there was a lot of risk involved, a lot of downside risk not only for the troops involved, but politically as well and there are interviews being done by administration officials around the anniversary, it comes wednesday, may 2nd. leon panetta gave an interview talking about his time at the c.i.a. during the raid, as he coordinated the attack. reported back to the situation room. and president obama gave an interview to nbc news from the situation room, it was taped it's going to air next week, with brian williams on rock center. and there was some criticism about that as well. of the obama administration. and so that's the context for it. jay carney, the press secretary and other officials say it's all fair game. this is part of the record of president obama on foreign policy. you bet we're going to be talking about it. >> okay. look, president obama's campaign senior adviser, robert gibbs did some hitting back on mitt romney's economic plan. let's take a listen to that. >> we know
bill clinton saying he took the harder path. there was a lot of risk involved, a lot of downside risk not only for the troops involved, but politically as well and there are interviews being done by administration officials around the anniversary, it comes wednesday, may 2nd. leon panetta gave an interview talking about his time at the c.i.a. during the raid, as he coordinated the attack. reported back to the situation room. and president obama gave an interview to nbc news from the situation...
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bill clinton after the oklahoma city bombing do that very effectively and president obama will try to do that again today as he did after gabby giffords was shot more than a year ago. >> i also remember president reagan doing that after the shuttle explosion. these things are indelibly etched into your mind. christina, both the president and mr. romney do have events tomorrow. neither will likely talk gun control any time soon. could or would either candidate bringing it up be possible down the road? >> nothing is impossible. it is unlikely. it is not a debate that these two guys want to have. you have mayor michael bloomberg calling on each of them to resurge on this issue. it is politically difficult for both parties to tackle this. it is something i wouldn't be surprised if congress takes up. there are advocates that have fierce opinions on both sides. even if the debate doesn't change and people feel very entrenched on either side, people want to talk about it. it gives people who have been pushing for renewed assault weapons ban and new ammunition, so to speak, to push this again
bill clinton after the oklahoma city bombing do that very effectively and president obama will try to do that again today as he did after gabby giffords was shot more than a year ago. >> i also remember president reagan doing that after the shuttle explosion. these things are indelibly etched into your mind. christina, both the president and mr. romney do have events tomorrow. neither will likely talk gun control any time soon. could or would either candidate bringing it up be possible...
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he in 1994 with the republican majority in the house and senate and bill clinton with a democrat as president passed a balanced budget four years in a row. they paid off $450 billion worth of spending. that can be done again but it requires leadership in the house and senate and president. this president has not reached out to the congress. he does not reach across the aisle. he does not work. he does not compromise. it is up to him to show a path forward. and all the policies that he says about a path forward have to do with redistribution of wealth, punishing success, taxing people more money and not less. >> let's ask you because you bring up newt gingrich. do you think he'd be doing better right now if he were the guy, the republican candidate than mitt romney? >> i think the voters already spoke about that. and mitt romney is the candidate so we're going to move forward with mitt romney. >> chris, let me get you on the record here talking about the taxes. talking about what rick's saying, punishing success with mitt romney overpaying his taxes. not being asked by uncle sam to pay that mu
he in 1994 with the republican majority in the house and senate and bill clinton with a democrat as president passed a balanced budget four years in a row. they paid off $450 billion worth of spending. that can be done again but it requires leadership in the house and senate and president. this president has not reached out to the congress. he does not reach across the aisle. he does not work. he does not compromise. it is up to him to show a path forward. and all the policies that he says...
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mark brzezinski, worked for bill clinton, and now is an ambassador in sweden, for barack obama, they got into a fight over thanksgiving dinner over the iraq war. it started in the dining room. >> it was heated. >> and ended up on the front line. >> it was very heated. you know how the boys are. >> like the kennedys with flag football? >> there was none of that. >> it was crazy. really. >> are you a really good guitar player? >> you know, some people say -- >> you've never heard that? >> i'm not actually -- yeah, write that down. i'm not actually a good guitar player, but i play guitar, piano. i'm a generalist. i do a little bit of everything. but i do it because i write songs. i've been writing songs. i love music. i love writing songs. love regarding them. that's what they did growing up. in high school other people were at the beach, i was a dork, recording songs and had my head phones on all summer. >> yeah. >> very pastey white. the pastiest white guy because i was locked in my room. but it's what i like. so when pete townsend comes on the show, signs a guitar, that's actually --
mark brzezinski, worked for bill clinton, and now is an ambassador in sweden, for barack obama, they got into a fight over thanksgiving dinner over the iraq war. it started in the dining room. >> it was heated. >> and ended up on the front line. >> it was very heated. you know how the boys are. >> like the kennedys with flag football? >> there was none of that. >> it was crazy. really. >> are you a really good guitar player? >> you know, some...
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. >> catherine, how much does it buy president obama to have bill clinton endorsing one of his moves? >> it buys a lot because the republicans and democrats alike have so approved of what bill clinton has done since he left office. you know, certainly, his work on the global stage. his advice to republicans as well as democrats, so this is a big plus for the president obama. >> jen, we have president obama and vice president biden switching into campaign road this week. let's check it out. >> mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich, these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. >> every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. i guess this year they decided we're going to make it $2.50. >> we don't have a gop nominee yet, but is this what the campaign mode looks like? >> i don't think it's any surprise to anyone that the president and vice president are running for re-election, but i will say that the republicans have dominated the public debate and they've been laying out what
. >> catherine, how much does it buy president obama to have bill clinton endorsing one of his moves? >> it buys a lot because the republicans and democrats alike have so approved of what bill clinton has done since he left office. you know, certainly, his work on the global stage. his advice to republicans as well as democrats, so this is a big plus for the president obama. >> jen, we have president obama and vice president biden switching into campaign road this week. let's...
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could bill clinton be making a longer term move to ireland? man charzed in subway accident blaming voices. the man from the most watched video on youtube issues an apology. another big lottery winner claims his prize. but there's still a secret. we have details on all those stories throughout the hour. but first -- >>> developing news today. nbc news has learned that egyptian authorities have made a major arrest in the benghazi, libya counsel attack that killed ambassador chris stephens and three other americans. reporting from cairo egypt, our reporter. >>> >> reporter: egyptian sources tell nbc news they have a man in their custody they believe is connected to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi on september 11th and killed four americans including ambassador chris stephens. according to an e judicial source the man is identified as being in his late 30s. he is known to egyptian intelligence officials for his connections in the past with extremist groups in egypt and libya and his connections with groups in afghanistan and iraq. aft
could bill clinton be making a longer term move to ireland? man charzed in subway accident blaming voices. the man from the most watched video on youtube issues an apology. another big lottery winner claims his prize. but there's still a secret. we have details on all those stories throughout the hour. but first -- >>> developing news today. nbc news has learned that egyptian authorities have made a major arrest in the benghazi, libya counsel attack that killed ambassador chris...
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you will hear president obama talk about bill clinton, for instance, the 20 million jobs created under that they will try to tie mitt romney to bush and just generic republicans because they do have a sense people do still blame bush and polls show that and also congress, especially the republican-controlled house, isn't really held in high regard. i think they are going to continue to do this feel like it's working but i think you will see some push back from republicans. you saw mitt romney have an ad out recently, he was splicing in all of the instances where president obama was blaming some outside force, be it bush, be it a hurricane, be it a tsunami, for the economy. you are going to hear from romney, obama is out of excuses answered should be out of time. bhoufrnlt this steve, republicans, not surprisingly, going after the president, the latest jobs numbers, even with that june report, latest gallup poll shows the president and governor romney neck in neck. what does that say and should the romney camp be coerned? do you get inklings they are concern about the numbers? >> what i
you will hear president obama talk about bill clinton, for instance, the 20 million jobs created under that they will try to tie mitt romney to bush and just generic republicans because they do have a sense people do still blame bush and polls show that and also congress, especially the republican-controlled house, isn't really held in high regard. i think they are going to continue to do this feel like it's working but i think you will see some push back from republicans. you saw mitt romney...
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clinton actually even won a primary and that was in georgia. so the whole process, sense of expectation was just structurally very different. there's a limited amount of oxygen in the room. on the cusp of winning new hampshire in the case of the polls gives him a chance to suck up all of that oxygen. it's a different type of dynamic in 2012 than it was in 1992. i think if you look at the republican field, they have gone through a process of speed dating with all of these candidates and at the end of the day it looks like they are stuck with a candidate that their parents picked. i don't see anybody else in the field. i wonder how mr. pawlenty must peal these days. when he got out three or four months ago, that took away the one person that could have been an alternative to this race. >> interesting thought right there. michael, chris, thank you, guys. >> thank you very much. >> glad to have you into we're going to go straight to the list of number ones, which is a place where folks know all about healthy living. san jose tops the list of health
clinton actually even won a primary and that was in georgia. so the whole process, sense of expectation was just structurally very different. there's a limited amount of oxygen in the room. on the cusp of winning new hampshire in the case of the polls gives him a chance to suck up all of that oxygen. it's a different type of dynamic in 2012 than it was in 1992. i think if you look at the republican field, they have gone through a process of speed dating with all of these candidates and at the...